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Director:
Elia Kazan
Writers:
F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Harold Pinter (writer)
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Release Date:
19 November 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
He has the power to make anyone's dream come true... except his own.
Plot:
F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
Writer Harold Pinter Dead At 78
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 December 2008, 1:33 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Misunderstood masterpiece more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Robert De Niro ... Monroe Stahr

Tony Curtis ... Rodriguez

Robert Mitchum ... Pat Brady
Jeanne Moreau ... Didi

Jack Nicholson ... Brimmer

Donald Pleasence ... Boxley

Ray Milland ... Fleishacker

Dana Andrews ... Red Ridingwood
Ingrid Boulting ... Kathleen Moore

Peter Strauss ... Wylie

Theresa Russell ... Cecilia Brady

Tige Andrews ... Popolos
Morgan Farley ... Marcus
John Carradine ... Tour guide
Jeff Corey ... Doctor
Diane Shalet ... Stahr's secretary

Seymour Cassel ... Seal trainer

Anjelica Huston ... Edna (as Angelica Huston)
Bonnie Bartlett ... Brady's secretary
Sharon Masters ... Brady's secretary
Eric Christmas ... Norman
Leslie Curtis ... Mrs. Rodriguez
Lloyd Kino ... Butler
Brendan Burns ... Assistant editor
Carrie Miller ... Ladly in restaurant
Peggy Feury ... Hairdresser
Betsy Jones-Moreland ... Lady writer
Patricia Singer ... Girl on beach
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Pamela Guest ... Stahr's secretary (as Pamela Seamon)
Don Brodie ... Extra on Set (uncredited)

Nicholas Cairis ... Man at front table (uncredited)
Jester Hairston ... Waiter in Stahr's office (uncredited)
Byron Morrow ... Studio executive (uncredited)
Montana Smoyer ... Disgruntled lady on elevator talking to husband (uncredited)

H.M. Wynant ... Man at daillies (uncredited)
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Directed by
Elia Kazan 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
F. Scott Fitzgerald  novel
Harold Pinter  writer

Produced by
Sam Spiegel .... producer
 
Original Music by
Maurice Jarre 
 
Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper 
 
Film Editing by
Richard Marks 
 
Production Design by
Gene Callahan 
 
Art Direction by
Jack T. Collis 
 
Set Decoration by
Jerry Wunderlich 
 
Costume Design by
Anna Hill Johnstone 
Anthea Sylbert 
 
Makeup Department
Gary Liddiard .... makeup artist
Jean Burt Reilly .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Lloyd Anderson .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Daigler .... second assistant director
Daniel McCauley .... first assistant director (as Danny McCauley)
Ron Wright .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Larry Jost .... sound mixer
Barbara Fallick Marks .... sound editor (as Barbara Marks)
Ronald Poore .... sound editor
Robert M. Reitano .... sound editor (as Robert Reitano)
Winston Ryder .... sound editor
Dick Vorisek .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Special Effects by
Henry Millar .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Rose .... key grip
 
Music Department
Joseph Glassman .... music editor
 
Transportation Department
Joseph Sullivan .... driver
 
Other crew
Daniel McCauley .... title designer
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
123 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Sam Spiegel had wanted Jack Nicholson for the part of Monroe Stahr, but Elia Kazan had opted for Robert De Niro. more
Quotes:
Monroe: I don't think I have more brains than a writer, I just think that his brains belong to me more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Misunderstood masterpiece, 11 August 2001
9/10
Author: pdoniger from Connecticut, USA

De Niro was an unexpected surprise as Monroe Starr in this brilliant adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel. He gives a thoughtful, sensitive, and intelligent performance as this character, who was modeled on MGM producer, Irving Thalberg. Fitzgerald wrote about Hollywood from the inside, and from the perspective of someone who was destroying himself by being inside. He could ask for nothing better than to have English playwright Harold Pinter create this stark, human screenplay and then have Elia Kazan realize it.

In addition to De Niro's definitive performance, we get a series of perfect cameos (usually an impossibility) from Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau, Robert Mitchum, and others. We also get two screen debuts of merit -- Angelica Huston (in a small, but memorable scene) and an excellent Teresa Russell as Starr's would-be sweetheart. The critics hated the movie, and it did poorly in box offices, but it was truly, like Fitzgerald himself, an American masterpiece.

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